Germany

Germany is a major country in Europe. [WIP]

Precontemporary History and Prehistory (Pre-1945)
People have been inhabiting the land of Germany since prehistory. Sometime during Classical Antiquity, they organized into tribes. Their name in many latin names derives from one of these tribes, the Alemanni. Their name in English comes from a name Julius Caesar gave to the land. Their German name simply means "of the people." Germany has been ruled by members of various royal lineages over the years, from the Carolingean Empire to the Holy Roman Empire. When the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved by Napoleon, it later emerged as the German Confederation in 1815 and later transitioned into the German Empire in 1871, which then became a republic in 1918. Later, the National Socialist German Worker's Party (or, as it is most commonly reffered to as, the "Nazi Party") won the German federal elections of 1932 and Adolf Hitler eventually was given the title as the Chancellor of Germany, marking a transition of Germany into a socialist, conquesting Dictatorship led by Hitler during which Austria was absorbed into Germany, and "undesirables" were detained and killed in what was known by Jews as "the Holocaust." This change of power sparked World War II. They were eventualy defeated in 1945 by the Allied Powers, composed of China, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.

Contemporary History (1945 and beyond)
Germany eventually regained all land but the Soviet-controlled East Germany, which was eventually turned over back to the German Peoples following the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. This European nation became known for its high standard of living.